The Nemesis

Pete sat on top of the small pod in the ship’s cargo hold, watching Patrick sort through what they took from the other pirate ship. Well, Patrick and Ray, but Pete didn’t want to marry Ray so he didn’t count. He watched his fiancé basically burrow his way into one of the large crates while tossing random things all over the floor. Pete giggled because he knew Patrick would emerge from the crate and freak out about the mess he made. Ray was being more careful as he went through his boxes, counting what Pete thought were credits and a few old school carbons. Patrick must’ve felt Pete’s eyes digging into his back because he turned around to glare at the tiny man sitting on the shuttle.

“What?” Patrick asked.

“Nothing”, Pete said with a shrug.

Patrick rolled his eyes and continued emptying the box. Pete could be annoying at times but Patrick loved him with all of his heart, which was why they were engaged. To propose, Pete had convinced Gerard to alter their course so that the ship docked at a station near the Cat’s Eye Nebula. He had taken Patrick to a viewing deck that Pete had reserved for several hours, where they had sat and eaten the picnic that Pete had ‘magically’ prepared (he would never tell Patrick that he got Mikey and Ray to make it). He had told Patrick that nothing would ever be as beautiful as him and tried to put into words how much he loved Patrick before lowering himself onto one knee and asking Patrick to be his husband. Through the tears, Patrick had managed to stutter out a ‘yes’ and now the two were as happy as ever.

Pete snapped out of his trip down memory lane by being hit on the head. He yelped and turned to find a smirking Mikey.

“Enjoying staring at Patrick’s ass instead of, you know, actually helping like you’re supposed to?” Asked Mikey, smirk still present on his face.

Pete flipped him off before jumping down to the floor and shuffling over to help Patrick.

“Where’s your brother? We thought he would want to see this”, Ray asked Mikey.

Mikey shrugged in response.

“He’s in his room, fretting over what to do with the kid we found”, Mikey explained.

The three other crew members nodded in understanding. The Captain had been acting stressed lately, the whole crew had. No one knew who the kid was, where he came from or how he got on the other ship. Most of the crew suspected the kid was a member of the other crew, planted as a spy. Gerard and Mikey had both insisted that wan’t the case. The brothers knew Ellie, she would never take on another crew member especially one so young. It had taken the brothers months to gain her trust enough to even be allowed on the ship, and even longer to be a member of the crew. The only reason they did was because Gerard and Ellie had a ‘thing’ and Gerard wouldn’t go anywhere without his baby brother. When Ellie and Gerard had split up, it wasn’t pretty. It was angry and full of tears, things were thrown as well as insults and hurtful words. Mikey had packed up their stuff and they left at the next port, never looking back.

The brothers started their own crew with their own ship, it was better too. Gerard was captain and didn’t yell at or threaten anyone unnecessarily (there were several occasions where it was, Pete shouldn’t need to be told NOT TO SET THE SHIP ON FIRE), everyone was family. The first ship they raided would be the Lavandino. The rest of the story is history. Mostly. Mikey really hoped the kid wasn’t part of the crew, he couldn’t handle another broken hearted brother.

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Gerard was going to do it. He was going to talk to the boy. He had been pacing outside their prisoner’s room for nearly an hour and he still didn’t want to go in. But he had to because he was captain, he would be lying if he said he hadn’t tried to convince Mikey to do it. He stopped his pacing and took a deep breath.

“Come on Gerard you can do this. He’s a kid and you’re a confident, badass pirate, you can totally take him”, he said to himself.

He stood in front of the door with his hand hovering above the button to open the door holding his breath….. Before he chickened out again and went to find Mikey. He decided that if he had to do it, then so did his baby brother.

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When Frank woke up, he felt better than he had in a long time. He wasn’t soaking wet from rain, or cold from snow, or aching from being tied to a chair and held prisoner. At that last thought, he sat up straight and gazed at his surroundings. Nothing had changed since he had been pushed inside, he was glad that no one had come to torture him or something….. Well, at least not yet. Frank swallowed harshly at the thought of being tortured, which led to him thinking about what he would actually be tortured for. He didn’t have money, or information, or special skills (other than the illegal kind), Frank could see no use of himself to a bunch of evil pirates.

While he was staring into space, he hadn’t noticed the door to the room sliding open. Someone cleared their throat causing Frank to yelp and fall off the bed. He groaned and looked up from his place on the floor. There were two guys standing just inside the doorway. One was tall and skinny, while the other had bright red hair and a lot more muscle. They both had ray guns though which made Frank very nervous.

“Well, we knew you were young but we thought you would at least know that the floor is not for sleeping on”, said the red head while a smirk danced across his face.

The lanky one rolled his eyes before nudging past him and helping Frank back onto the bed. Frank waited until the pirates made their way into some chairs opposite him to speak again.

“What do you want from me? Who are you?” Frank asked quietly.

“Well how rude of us for not introducing ourselves”, the red haired one said in a patronising tone. “I am Gerard Way, this is my brother Mikey, and we are the Captain and First Mate of the Nemesis”, he said with a smirk.

Frank looked at the m blankly.

“Is that supposed to make me scared cause I’ve never heard of the Nemesis”, he said in a monotone. He could totally fake his way through this with confidence.

Gerard’s mouth fell open in shock. How could this kid never have heard of them? They were the most fearsome pirates around! Mikey didn’t care, infamous was better than famous since less people would be chasing you to take you down. Frank almost laughed at the differing looks on their faces, shock and mild amusement. The only reason he didn’t laugh was because they looked like the type of people that would kill him without a second thought. When Gerard finally regained his composure, he remembered the actual reason they came here and schooled his face into something he hoped resembled menacing.

“Who are you?” Was the first question Gerard asked.

Frank sighed. He didn’t really have a choice other than answer all their questions and hope he wouldn’t be killed.

“My name is Frank and I’m sixteen”, he replied.

“Where are you from?” Mikey asked next.

“Hadron, as far as I can remember”, Frank answered.

“Why were you on that ship”, Gerard asked Frank.

“I was kidnapped from Hadron by the crew”, he answered as he looked to the floor.

He heard a scoff from Gerard.

“You expect us to actually believe that? Why would they take some random kid instead of money or something?”

“I DON’T KNOW OK?!” Frank yelled, tears streaming from his eyes. “I just want to go home”, he whispered to himself.

Gerard’s breath caught in his throat when Frank began to cry. He didn’t mean to make him so upset, he just wanted answers. He just wanted to make sure his crew was safe. Frank curled into himself on the bed and Mikey pulled his brother up and out of the room.

As the two brothers walked down the hall, Gerard decided he never wanted to see Frank that sad again.

Notes

So they finally met each other, the story should move faster from now on :)